A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of the principal building.

An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade books, magazines, and other materials which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis depicting, describing, or relating to sexual conduct or sexual excitement as defined in MGL c. 272, § 31.

A nightclub, bar, restaurant, tavern, dance hall, or similar commercial establishment which regularly features persons or entertainers who appear in a state of nudity, or live performances which are distinguished or characterized by nudity, sexual conduct or sexual excitement as defined in MGL c. 272, § 31.

An enclosed building or any portion thereof used for presenting material (motion-picture films, videocassettes, cable television, slides or any other visual media) distinguished by an emphasis on material depicting, describing or relating to sexual conduct or sexual excitement as defined in MGL c. 272, § 31.

An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock devices, objects, tools, or toys which are distinguished or characterized by their association with sexual activity, including sexual conduct or sexual excitement as defined in MGL c. 272, § 31.

Adult bookstores, adult cabarets, adult motion-picture theaters, adult paraphernalia stores and adult video stores as defined in this bylaw.

An establishment having as a substantial or significant portion of its stock-in-trade for sale or rent motion-picture films, videocassettes and similar audio/visual media which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis depicting, describing, or relating to sexual conduct or sexual excitement as defined in MGL c. 272, § 31.

A building or part of a building in which repairs are made to motor vehicles.

A building or place of business where gasoline, oil, and greases, batteries, tires, and automobile accessories are supplied and dispensed directly to the motor vehicle trade, at retail, and where minor repair service is rendered.

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A building, or part thereof, used for structural repairs and refinishing of motor vehicles for remuneration.

A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls for the shelter, support, or enclosure of persons, animals, or property.

The horizontal area measured within the outside of the exterior walls of the ground floor for all principal and accessory buildings on a lot.

The vertical distance as measured from the average finished grade level adjoining the building at all exterior walls to the highest roof surface, but shall not include chimneys, spires or mechanical equipment or penthouses used for enclosure of mechanical equipment.

A building in which is conducted main or principal use of the lot on which said building is situated.

An area of land and/or a structure with machine- or hand-operated facilities used principally for the cleaning, washing, polishing or waxing of motor vehicles.

A noninstitutional residential shared living environment, which integrates shelter and services needed by the functionally impaired or socially isolated elder (age 55 or older) who does not require the constant supervision or intensive health care services provided in an institution. The shared living environment must include at least two of the following:

Any portion of the territory of the Town of North Andover within which certain uniform regulations and requirements or various combinations thereof shall be applied under the provisions of this bylaw.

A facility that provides for the convenience of drive-through windows which allow for transactions of goods and/or services to be carried out without the customer having to leave his/her motor vehicle. The proportion of drive-through business to the total business volume of the applicable business establishment is not relevant to the determination of whether that business establishment contains a drive-through facility.

A way located on a lot, which provides vehicular access to the buildings on the lot. Each driveway shall service no more than one lot. Subject to the granting of a special permit from the Planning Board, a driveway may be shared by not more than two lots. Each such shared driveway must be regulated by a recorded maintenance agreement running in perpetuity with the land.

Any building or portion thereof designed or used as the residence or sleeping place of one or more persons, except a mobile home and as otherwise provided herein.

One or more rooms, including cooking facilities and sanitary facilities in a dwelling structure, designed as a unit for occupancy by not more than one family for living and sleeping purposes.

A building used or designed as a residence for three or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking therein (same as "apartment").

A dwelling built single and apart from any other building and intended and designed to be occupied and used exclusively for residential purposes by one family.

A freestanding building intended and designed to be occupied and used exclusively for residential purposes by each of not more than two families (same as "duplex"). The principal building in a two-family dwelling conversion shall share a connected common wall (or floor) for at least 75% of the wall's (or floor's) surface. No unheated structure, no structure without a foundation, and no structure which is entirely or partially a garage shall be considered as meeting the 75% requirement.

Includes the words "built," "constructed," "reconstructed," "altered," "enlarged" and "moved."

One or more persons occupying the same premises and living as a single housekeeping unit as distinguished from a group occupying a boardinghouse, lodging house, club, fraternity or hotel.

A separate dwelling unit located within a single-family dwelling subordinate in size to the principal unit and separated from it in a manner which maintains the appearance of the building as a single-family dwelling. The size of the family suite is not to exceed 1,200 square feet or not more than 25% of the gross floor area of the principal unit, whichever is less. The family suite may only be occupied by brothers, sisters, maternal parents and grandparents, in-laws and/or children of the residing owners of the principal dwelling unit. In no case shall an apartment be smaller than the minimum required by health and building codes.

Expiration: The family suite definition shall expire on July 1, 2028.

The ratio of the floor area to the lot area, as determined by dividing the gross floor area by the lot area.

The floor area within the perimeter of the outside walls of the building without deduction for hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns or other features.

The actual occupied area(s), not to include hallways, stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns or other features, which are not occupied areas.

The continuous distance between lot side lines measured along the street line.

A dwelling in which overnight accommodations are provided or offered for transient guests for compensation. The term "guesthouse" shall be deemed to include a tourist home, but not an hotel, motel or multifamily dwelling.

Any chemical or mixture of such physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics as to pose a significant, actual or potential, hazard to water supplies, or other hazard to human health, if such substance or mixture were discharged to land or waters of the Town, including but not limited to organic chemicals, petroleum products, heavy metals, radioactive or infectious wastes, acids, and alkalis, and all substances defined as toxic or hazardous under MGL Chapters 21C and 21E, and those chemicals on the list in Committee Print Number 99-169 of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, titled "Toxic Chemicals Subject to Section 313 of the Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986" [including any revised version of the list as may be made pursuant to Subsection (d) or (e)].

An accessory use conducted within a dwelling by a resident who resides in the dwelling as his principal address, which is clearly secondary to the use of the building for living purposes. Home occupations shall include, but not be limited to, the following uses: personal services such as those furnished by an artist or instructor but not occupations involved with motor vehicle repairs, beauty parlors, animal kennels, or the conduct of retail business, or the manufacturing of goods, which impact the residential nature of the neighborhood.

A building intended and designed primarily for transient or overnight occupancy and divided into separate units within the same building or buildings.

A multifamily residential structure, each with separate access and restricted to individuals or couples at least 55 years of age or older. This definition shall not be construed to prevent mentally or physically impaired people from living with an occupant or occupants of an independent elderly housing unit.

An opening in a building not less than 10 feet in width and nine feet in height, including a platform for loading and unloading goods, merchandise or other materials.

An area of land in single or consolidated ownership which contains definite boundaries and is ascertainable by a recorded deed in the Essex County Registry of Deeds office.

The line separating the lot from a street.

The lot line opposite and most distant from the front lot line.

Any lot line other than a front or rear lot line.

Any lot line separating the lot from a street or alley (usually the front lot line).

The property lines bounding the lot.

A lot abutting upon two or more streets at their intersection.

(Lake Cochichewick) An elevation of 113.67 on the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey datum.

A building or group of buildings designed for the individual or group practice of medicine or dentistry, but not including hospitals or nursing homes.

An area which is left in its natural condition, which shall not be disturbed by any means, which includes but is not limited to the cutting of trees or understory.

A building, structure or use legally existing and/or used at the time of adoption of this bylaw, or any amendment thereto, and which does not conform with the use regulations of the district in which located.

A primary use consisting of office activities of any type, including business and financial office activities (including banks and financial institutions) and professional office activities.

A primary use consisting of office activities by a doctor, dentist, architect, lawyer, engineer or other professional person or persons.

An open area for the same uses as a private parking garage.

A structure used for parking of automobiles and available to employees, clients or customers, whether for a fee or free.

Any parking garage, other than a private parking garage, which is open to the public and used for the storage of motor vehicles.

An establishment providing personal services to the public such as shoe repair, barbering, dry cleaning, etc.

A church, temple, synagogue, mosque, or other similar place of worship, including a parish house, rectory, or convent.

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The structure on a lot of record which contains the primary use of the lot. A principal use shall not be contained within an accessory structure as defined in this bylaw.

A building or use owned or operated by a local, county, state or federal government agency.

A parking area owned and maintained by the Town of North Andover.

Any building or portion thereof containing more than two rooms and fewer than 10 rooms without kitchen facilities that are used, rented or hired out to be occupied for sleeping purposes for compensation, whether the compensation is paid directly or indirectly.

A permit granted under the guidelines of § 9 of Chapter 40-A of the General Laws.

The Planning Board shall be the granting authority of all special permits to cluster development, planned development district, driveways, nursing and convalescent homes, Watershed Protection District, wireless service facilities and large estate condominium conversions. The Board of Selectmen shall be the granting authority of all special permits pertaining to nonaccessory signs as specified in § 195-6.6C of this bylaw. The Board of Appeals shall be the granting authority of all other special permits allowed in this Zoning Bylaw.

A use of a building or lot or an action upon premises which may be permitted under this bylaw only upon application to the appropriate special permit granting authority for a special permit and subject to the approval of such permit granting authority and the conditions stipulated.

A public way or a private way open to travel by the general public, or a way shown on a plan of a subdivision theretofore duly approved by the Planning Board.

A combination of materials assembled at a location to give support or shelter that is safe and stable, which includes, but is not limited to, the following: buildings, stadiums, tents, reviewing stands, platforms, staging, observation towers, radio towers, water tanks, towers, private and public swimming pools, trestles, piers and wharves, bridges, sheds, shelters, fences and walls, display signs, and storage trailers or units, whether intended for permanent or temporary purposes, used for storage of goods and products associated with the operations of any business on the subject parcel(s), and remain in any relatively fixed location. The term "structure' shall be construed as if followed by the words "or part thereof," but shall not include underground utilities, driveways, parking lots, agricultural storage trailers and vehicles, and the like. Where the North Andover General and Zoning Bylaws are silent, then the current edition of the Massachusetts Building Code shall be assumed to apply.

Structures that are permitted within a zoning district without any foundation or footing and that are removed or dismantled when the designated time period, activity, or use for which the structure was approved and erected has ceased. Said structure shall be permitted for duration of time not to exceed 60 days unless otherwise specifically approved by the Building Inspector. For purposes of this definition, motor and recreational vehicles shall not be considered under this definition.

An attached house in a row of three or more such houses capable of being sold as an independent dwelling with its own lot, as provided by this bylaw.

Any portion of any brook, stream, bog, swamp, or pond, which flows into Lake Cochichewick.

An open space which lies between the principal building or group of buildings and a lot line.

An open space extending across the entire width of a lot between any building thereon and the street lot line of the lot on which such building stands.

An open space extending across the entire width of a lot between the rear of any building thereon and the rear lot line of the lot on which such building stands.

An open space between the side line of a lot and the adjacent side of any building thereon, such open space being understood to cover the entire extent between the front yard and the rear yard of such a lot.